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Unforced Rhythms UNFORCED RHYTHMS why daily devotions aren’t for all of us Gwen Jackson Copyright © 2017 by Gwen Jackson Published by Wesleyan Publishing House Indianapolis, Indiana 46250 Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 978-1-63257-214-1 ISBN (e-book): 978-1-63257-215-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jackson, Gwen, author. Unforced rhythms : why daily devotions aren’t for all of us / Gwen Jackson. Indianapolis, Indiana : Wesleyan Publishing House, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references. | LCCN 2017030448 (print) | LCCN 2017036809 (ebook) | ISBN 9781632572158 (e-book) | ISBN 9781632572141 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781632572158 (ebook) LCSH: Spirituality--Christianity. | Devotional exercises. | Spiritual life--Christianity. LCC BV4501.3 (ebook) | LCC BV4501.3 .J3263 2017 (print) | DDC 248.3--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017030448 “Life Rhythm Theory” by David Drury. www.daviddrury.com. Used by permission. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV ®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior written permission of the publisher. CONTENTS Foreword 7 Preface 11 Acknowledgments 13 Introduction: vulnerability, the key to connection 15 PART 1: Barriers to Intimacy with God 1. Ought and Should: the barrier of self-imposed burdens 25 2. Measuring Up: the barrier of false expectations 37 3. Daily Grind: the barrier of chronic defeat 43 4. Two Trails: the barrier of perfectionism 51 PART 2: Discoveries That Bring Freedom 5. Just Live: discovering what matters most 67 6. The Yoke: discovering the freedom to love 87 7. Feel the Beat: discovering life rhythms 105 UNFORCED RHYTHMS PART 3: Finding Your Rhythm 8. Sunrise, Sunset: exploring daily rhythm 113 9. When a Plan Comes Together: exploring weekly/monthly rhythm 119 10. The Year of Jubilee: exploring seasonal/yearly rhythm 127 11. Freedom! life rhythms in action 139 PART 4: Engaging the Spiritual Practices 12. The Heartbeat of Spiritual Formation: why we do what we do 163 13. Follow His Lead: choosing spiritual practices for your life rhythm 173 Appendix A: Spiritual Disciplines 193 Appendix B: Group Interaction 195 Notes 201 6 FOREWORD o evangelicals, the practice of “daily devotions” has Tbecome a sacrament. More than that, for many, this ritual of getting up early, reading the Bible, and praying has become the prime sacrament, even edging out the Lord’s Supper. Ask Christians for the single greatest secret of a successful Christian life, and most will answer, “morning devotions.” In this book, Gwen Jackson tackles the highly sensitive subject of how moderns have turned daily devotions into a required practice of the devoted life. It has become almost an idol to some. Any practice can become an idol when the method is worshiped more than God. Moses set 7 UNFORCED RHYTHMS up a pole to cure people from snakebites in the wilderness as a wonderful means of healing and grace. Yet later, Israel turned to worshiping the pole itself. The means of grace got more attention than God. This is what some Christians have done with daily devotions. Have you felt this pressure to fit into the daily devotions mold, even though your life runs on a different rhythm? Many of us have been told the really elite Christians also maintain a prayer list, and they spend time journaling as well. Some preachers promised us that, after an hour—or two, or three—of this “time alone with God,” we would “come down from the mountain” with faces aglow from having spent time with Jesus before breakfast each day. This is what we’ve been urged to practice: piety as a solitary practice, preferably in the morning, on a twenty- four-hour cycle. When someone turns their back on God and falls into grave sin, we warn each other, “Better keep up on your devotions, or you could fall too.” Face it, you’ve probably never heard someone say, “Better keep taking communion or you, too, could fall like that?” In today’s church, daily devotions have become the number one sacrament. This is the primary way we expect God to change us—even more so than attending church. The author of this book does not diminish the impor- tance of prayer or Bible reading. She deeply believes in and practices these disciplines. These practices, and more than a dozen others, have been honored among Christians for more than a thousand years. What this author does challenge, however, is the notion that prayer and reading on a twenty-four-hour cycle—the daily and morning part of daily morning devotions—should be a requirement for 8 FOREWORD all people. She urges us to make room for other rhythms of personal spiritual practice. This must have been a tough book to write. Who wants to appear to be disassembling what has become a sacra- mental rite? Wouldn’t the church be better if more people had daily devotions, not fewer? Yet Gwen does not dis- courage people who keep a daily regimen of prayer and Bible reading to stop. She merely offers encouragement to the many folks who live to the sound of a different life rhythm. She tells these folk that they don’t have to squeeze into a rigid box of traditional, daily devotional practices. People with different rhythms can also draw closer to God. Are your daily morning devotions flourishing? Great! The premise of this book is not dangerous to you. It won’t talk you out of your morning ritual. What it will do is give you ideas to expand your practices to include other rhythms beyond daily ones. Even if you are a “very daily person,” you already have some weekly rhythms: Satur- days, Sundays, hump days. And for sure you have annual rhythms like birthdays, vacations, back-to-school weeks, Christmas, Ash Wednesday, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, and Thanksgiving. This book is likely to inspire you to add some annual or seasonal practices to your spiritual rhythm. If your daily devotions are flourishing, read this book because it will expand your means of devotion. Have you had trouble making devotions a daily routine? Perhaps you never felt quite right fitting into the glass slipper of daily morning devotions. Do you feel guilty? Are you embarrassed? Are you afraid you might be a substandard Christian? Maybe you’ve tried and failed so 9 UNFORCED RHYTHMS many times you’ve simply given up. For you, this book will be liberating! Here you will get to know one of the great saints of our age, an author who struggled just like you before discovering there is more than one way to draw close to God. You’ll find alternative paths, based on other rhythms—unforced rhythms. You will be delighted to discover there is a size that fits you, your rhythm, your time of life, and your schedule. For you, this book will be absolutely liberating! Or, are you a pastor or church leader? This book will help you develop a new vocabulary of devotion. It will prod you to stop elevating daily morning devotions as the best or even the only way to know God. It will draw you back to core practices like prayer and Bible reading instead of the package we’ve been putting these into. When we do, we will lead more church folks into greater devotion to God because they will have found the rhythm of life that works best for them. And that will be a great thing! —Keith Drury 10 INTRODUCTION vulnerability, the key to connection can’t believe I’m telling you all this,” Courtney said as Ishe sat across the table from me. We had been sitting in a coffee shop in downtown Indianapolis for over an hour. My twenty-something daughter had connected the two of us. “Mom, would you be willing to meet with a friend of mine?” It was the first time I had met Courtney, a mid-twenties young woman who was wearing jeans, a wool sweater, and ankle-high boots on that crisp, fall day. With a soft, patterned scarf layered around her neck, she had the look of rugged cuteness. Her pixie cut was perfect for her round face, her black hair matching equally dark eyes. 15 UNFORCED RHYTHMS I listened to her story, the current life situation that had brought the two of us together. Three-plus hours later, we exchanged a hug and set up a time to meet again in the near future. Courtney and I met consistently for the next three years until she made a move to the West Coast. Iron- ically, Courtney must have sensed that I was writing about her because I received a text while writing this portion of the book: “Hey Gwen! You free to chat tomorrow or Saturday sometime?” Connecting with people one-on-one is one of my favorite things to do. I love meeting people, hearing their stories, and getting to know them through those stories. Surface talk has its place, but going deeper, to the soul and spirit of a person, allows perspectives to change and understanding to take root.
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